Cowboy Chicken, a Texas-based rotisserie chicken franchise, has announced that it will expand into Alabama and that Hoover will be among its first markets. No details are in place at this time with regard to location or timeline.

UAB’s Medical West broke ground in August for its new freestanding emergency department, to be located at 2420 John Hawkins Parkway, at the southwest corner of the Highway 150/I-459 interchange. The facility is expected to open in spring or summer of 2015 and will be the first of its kind in Alabama.